The contemporary jewellers using 3D printing to create exquisite designs
Jewellery designers who use 3D printers
Here we highlight some of the jewellers who are combining their love of design and technology and using 3D printing to create intricate wearables.
3D printers have never been more accessible, which has led some jewellery designers to hang up their fiddly tools in favour of the new technology.
Diana Law
Paris-based Diana Law creates jewellery that is heavily inspired by nature and 3D printed from steel or polymer. The brand is best known for its bracelets and necklaces however the designer’s range also includes stud earrings, headpieces, and even clutch bags. Law uses both monochrome and neon colours in her work, which has been featured internationally in publications like Vogue and Elle.
Explore more of Diana’s work: www.dianalaw.com
Endswell by YIELD
This label is one of the more affordable on our list, with designs crafted from semi-precious metals like bronze from just $65 and up.
Endswell by YIELD adopts a minimalist aesthetic with silhouettes like that of popular Scandinavian jewellery designers like Sophie Bille Brahe. The label offers a selection of simple stacked rings, asymmetric earrings, and seamless wedding bands with an air of hand-crafted appeal.
Discover more 3D-printed jewellery from Endswell via www.yielddesign.co
Nervous System
In contrast to Endswell, Nervous System create maximalist 3D-printed jewellery and accessories, including necklaces inspired by intricate lace patterns and earrings made to look like coral. As well as its jewellery, Nervous System create homewares – lamps and vases with equally complex appeal.
Explore Nervous System’s full range of jewellery: www.n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com
Skraep
Part of the LuxMea Group, Canadian jewellery brand Skraep has a simple concept: fine jewellery created from crumpled pieces of paper. The label uses crumpled paper to create intricate shapes which it then 3D prints in semi-precious and precious metals, including gold and silver.
Find out more about Skraep and discover their latest collection: www.luxmea.co/skraep
Doug Bucci
Philadelphia-based Doug Bucci is both a jeweller and artist who creates intricate objects, some of which can be found in Windsor Castle, London; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Design Museum, Helsinki, and many other collections around the world. Bucci “Islet” collection, which comprises honeycomb bracelets in 3D printed polymer and stainless steel, is especially popular.
Explore more intricate designs from Doug Bucci: www.dougbucci.com
Ross Lovegrove
Welsh jeweller Ross Lovegrove designed his first 3D printed collection “Foliates” for the Louisa Guinness Gallery and launched the collection at Art Basel Miami in 2013. The collection is inspired by plants and features a selection of rings and earrings which are 3D printed in 18ct gold.
Discover Lovegrove’s “Foliates” collection: www.rosslovegrove.com/louisa-guinness-foliates-collection
GUY&MAX
This design duo is undoubtedly the most traditional of designers on our list. GUY&MAX create 3D printed jewellery that you simply would not tell is 3D printed if you did not know. Almost all their jewellery features semi-precious and precious stones, with many designs seemingly inspired by costume jewellery and traditional, statement pieces from world-renowned labels like Swarovski.
Find out more about this tech-savvy design duo: www.guyandmax.com
With 3D printed jewellery on the up, we look forward to discovering more designers using this relatively new technology.
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Thank you for reading,
Daniel Dunt & Cluster Team.